Importing assets into a Captivate project

In Captivate 9.0.2, you can import assets (video, image, templates, and so on) from Adobe Stock and eLearning Brothers.

To view existing assets, click Assets in the main toolbar. The following screen displays:

Assets

My Assets

This section displays all downloaded assets including Captivate themes and templates, images, and videos. Choose the respective asset group to view the available assets.

My Assets

Importing assets from Adobe Stock

To import assets from Adobe Stock, click Get Adobe Stock Assets.

Get assets from Adobe Stock

Search for an asset and from the list of assets, perform either of the following:

License the asset

Download the asset with watermark

Find similar assets

Buy license

Save preview

Find similar assets

If you want to save a watermarked image, click Save Preview to Computer. The image is downloaded into the Assets folder.

Download status

Click My Assets > Media to use the asset in your project.

To import a video asset from Adobe Stock, click Video and search for the required asset.

Import video asset

Download the asset to the Assets folder and use the asset in your project. To use the asset, click My Asset > Media, select the video asset, and click Insert.

Insert a video asset

In Adobe Stock, the videos are in HD or 4k formats.

To use a video in your project, use the Adobe Media Encoder (AME) to convert the video asset to MP4 file. When you click Insert, you can see a dialog box that prompts you to convert the video using AME.

Note:

Captivate does not support 4K video formats. You cannot download a 4k video.

AME conversion

To start the conversion, click Yes. When you click Yes, AME starts converting the MOV video to MP4.

AME conversion status

Once AME converts the video, you can use the asset from My Asset > Media.

Once AME converts the video, you can use the video by clicking Go from the Progress Indicator Panel within Captivate.